Guitar Methods

Learn the basics of acoustic rock guitar in these 12 easy-to-follow lessons. Featuring instruction on simple chord embellishments; creative uses of major, minor & pentatonic scales; and versatile tech...

Learn to develop a smooth legato style by combining a light pick hand technique with a strong fretting hand, exemplified by Alan Holdsworth, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Danny Gatton and other guitar mast...

Power Studies are supplemental songbooks to go along with the Wolf Marshall Guitar Method. This book contains the songs you want to play divided into sections that correlate to each chapter in the met...

Learn to play rhythm and lead rock guitar with the step-by-step lessons and 70 great rock songs in this book/CD pack! The Hal Leonard Rock Guitar Method is your complete guide to learning rock guitar....

Are you tired of playing the same licks over and over again? Or maybe you just don't know what to play during your solo? Lead Licks is a unique book designed to increase your improvising vocabulary by...

Standard notation and tab for 10 complete songs by artists such as Kiss, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Van Halen. Songs include: Brown Eyed Girl, Get Back, Rock and Roll All Nite, Smells like Teen Spirit,...

The Hal Leonard Guitar Method is designed for anyone just learning to play acoustic or electric guitar. It is based on years of teaching guitar students of all ages, and it also reflects some of the b...

Learn 'every trick in the book' including virtually every whammy bar and two-handed fretting technique conceivable as well as all types of harmonics, sound effects, and other techniques. All of the te...

Here's a book geared specifically to the needs of younger beginners. From picking up the guitar for the first time to power chords to easy blues solos, it's all here, and it's all written in an easy-t...

When you know how to read standard music notation, you set yourself apart from other rock guitarists. Being able to read music fluently is a skill that you should possess in order to play new sheet mu...

This bestseller is now available with a CD! The complete book on the world of rock guitar, covering fretboard basics, chords, structure, and all rock styles, with accompanying illustrations.

If you're an absolute beginner, this book/DVD is for you. On the DVD, guitar instructor Jeff Bihlman is your personal guide to playing chords, riffs, and solos so that you can rock out on the world's...

Now available with Online Audio! Learn guitar tips, tricks and secrets with this collection of 41 private lessons from Satriani's famous columns from Guitar for the Practicing Musician magazine. Host...

Learn the seven modes, all while playing chords and solos in the styles of Randy Rhoads, Alex Lifeson, John Petrucci, Eric Clapton, Yngwie Malmsteen and others. Beginner, intermediate and advanced sol...

Alternate tunings are an important part of today's guitar playing for any style. This book introduces you to more than 50 essential tunings needed for rock, acoustic, blues, alternative and metal styl...

Learn guitar tips, tricks and secrets with this collection of articles and tips from Satriani's famous columns that have appeared in Guitar For The Practicing Musician magazine. Who better to learn gu...

The complete book on the world of rock guitar, covering fretboard basics, chords, structure, and all rock styles, with accompanying illustrations.

Take a journey with Mo, from beginner guitarist to rock guitar hero! This is a fully animated comic tutor, packed with riffs, licks and tips helping you to become a real rock god! No need to be able t...

The latest in the successful Ultimate Guitar Tutor series, featuring classic songs by legendary artists Nirvana, Green Day, Blur, The Who, Black Sabbath and AC/DC, along with original pieces by author...

This series starts with the basics by teaching you the parts of the guitar, proper hand positioning, tuning, how to read chord charts, essential chords in song structures, lead patterns and exercises....

Learn the essential techniques needed to play all genres of music. Start with how to hold the guitar, pick and proper hand position for comfortable playing. Next learn chords, rhythm, timing, strummin...

Building on the techniques learned in Book 1, this edition starts with a review on foundation chords and how to use them. Expand your knowledge base with triplet & sixteenth note timing, chord progres...

Prepare to enter into the elite world of guitar in this advanced book in the Rock House Method series. Learn to play and apply challenging scales, lead techniques and chords within the context of a so...

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing Rock Guitar is for the beginner guitarist who wants to quickly get up to speed playing rock music. From the basic to the more advanced exercises, the focus is alw...

Jimmy Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, Kurt Cobain - all pioneers in the world of rock guitar, creating individual yet highly influential styles seemingly effortlessly and crafting some of the best rock musi...